Ava's POV
I promised myself that no matter what it took, no matter how long it took, I would make everyone see the truth. I would drag it into the light with my bare hands if I had to.
Because it wasn’t me. I hadn’t run Juliet down.
It was Laura.
The name burned through me, and a low, vicious growl curled through my chest. Every memory, every injustice, every stolen piece of my life traced back to her.
Everything had always gone to Laura.
The love, the protection, the privilege.
And when something dark and irreversible happened, it had been handed to me like I was nothing more than a convenient scapegoat.
Her crime was my punishment.
My fists clenched until my knuckles ached, my claws pressing hard against my skin as I forced myself upright. My legs trembled beneath me, but I didn
